2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Fundamental Study on English L2 Learners' Collocational Knowledge
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17320084
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGIURA Masatoshi Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development, Professor (80216308)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NARITA Masumi Tokyo International University, School of Language Communication, Professor (50383162)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | collocation / Learner Corpus / reaction time / near-infrared spectroscopy / NIRS / SLA |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was to analyze the differences in collocational knowledge between EFL learners and native English speakers, utilizing three kinds of data: corpora, reaction time, and near-infrared spectroscopy(NIRS).
In 2005, we designed and compiled a new learner corpus. We collected English essays, with copyright permission, written by both Japanese EFL learners and native English speakers: 200 essays were collected from each group. Based on the essay data, we compiled the Nagoya Interlanguage Corpus of English (NICE). The NICE consists of two subcorpora: NICE-NNS (non-native speaker data) and NICE-NS (native speaker data).
In 2006, we added native English speakers' corrections to the learners' essay data in order to carry out error analysis. In addition, we picked up collocational expressions by means of an n-gram program, and created the list of expressions used for the following experiments.
In 2007, we analyzed the linguistic features of distinctive differences between non-native speaker data (NICE-NNS) and native speaker data (NICE-NS). From the subsequent discriminant analysis, we found distinctive differences. Our reaction time analysis disclosed that the EFL learners did have some collocational knowledge, but that the amount of such knowledge varied among the proficiency levels. Our NIRS experiment revealed that the native speakers used only the linguistic area in the brain to process the collocational expressions, with minimum cognitive processing load. The learners, however, used various areas other than the linguistic area, with no particular, common neural activation patterns.
Our learner's corpus, NICE, is currently open to the public, and available on the Internet. Our final report is also available on the Internet in the form of PDF files.
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Research Products
(27 results)
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[Journal Article] The Development of the CHILDES-Based Language Developmental Score for Japanese (DSSJ)2006
Author(s)
Miyata, S., Hirakawa, M., Kanagy, R., Kuriyama, Y., MacWhinney, B., Minami, M., Murakami, K., Nisisawa, H., Oshima-Takane, Y., Otomo, K., Shirahata, T., Sirai, H., Shirai, J., Shirai, Y., Sugiura, M., Terada, H.
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Journal Title
Studies in Language Sciences 5
Pages: 75-89
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
Peer Reviewed
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[Journal Article] The Development of the CHILDES-Based Language Developmental Score for Japanese (DSSJ)2006
Author(s)
Miyata, S., Hirakawa, M., Kanagy, R., Kuriyama, Y., MacWhinney, B., Minami, M., Murakami, K., Nisisawa, H., Oshima-Takane, Y., Otomo, K., Shirahata, T., Sirai, H., Shirai, J., Shirai, Y, Sugiura, M., Terada, H.
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Journal Title
Studies in Language Sciences (5) : Papers from the Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences, (Kuroshio Publishers)
Pages: 75-89
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] A Discriminant Analysis of Non-native Speakers and Native Speakers of English2007
Author(s)
Sugiura, M., Narita, M., Ishida, T., Sakaue, T., Murao, R., Muraki, K.
Organizer
Corpus Linguistics 2007
Place of Presentation
the University of Birmingham (連合王国)
Year and Date
2007-07-30
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] A Discriminant Analysis of Non-native Speakers and Native Speakers of English2007
Author(s)
Sugiura, M., Narita, M., Ishida, T., Sakaue, T., Murao, R., Muraki, K.
Organizer
Corpus Linguistics 2007, July 30
Place of Presentation
the University of Birmingham, UK
Year and Date
2007-07-30
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] A Syntactic Analysis of Pause Positions in English Writing2007
Author(s)
Matsuno, K., Murao, R., Morita, M., Sakaue, T., Muraki, K., Ohna, T., Sugiura, M.
Organizer
The Japanese Society for Language Sciences' Ninth Annual International Conference
Place of Presentation
Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Year and Date
2007-07-07
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] Attributes Control and Variety in Learner Corpus2006
Author(s)
Sugiura, M., Narita, M., Ishida, T., Sakaue, T., Murao, R., Muraki, K.
Organizer
ICLE/LINDSEI Japanese SubCorpus Symposium
Place of Presentation
Showa Women's University
Year and Date
2006-11-19
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] An Analysis of Production Units in Japanese EFL Learners' Writing2006
Author(s)
Murao, R., Matsuno, K., Morita, M., Sakaue, T., Ohna, T., Sugiura, M.
Organizer
The Eighth Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society of Language Sciences
Place of Presentation
International Christian University
Year and Date
2006-06-10
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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